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G. H. COLLEY.

C ORSBCQ CLASP. No.26'11,585. l Patented July 25, 1882.

N. PETERS: Fhulwllhognphel, Walhinghm. DA C.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. COLLEY', OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES W. HIGBY, OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,585, datedvJuly 25, 1882.

Application filed April 7, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GoLLEY, of the city and county of Jackson, and State of Michigan, have-invented an Improvement in Corset;-I1`asl:enings, of which the following isa specification.

The nature of this invention relates to new and useful improvements in corset-clasps, by means of which the two parts thereof are readily secured together to secure the corset around the person ofthe wearer. The invention is designed to enable this to be done with very litlle trouble, andV is intended as an improvement upon the corset-fastening a patentfor which was allowed me August 16, 1881.

In the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of my clasps, and Fig. 2 detail views of a single fastening hookand stud.

A represents the steel for. one half of the front, and B the steel for the opposite hall", and this latter is provided with the usual rigid studs a. To the steel'A, and near its lower end, is rigidly secured the loop b, which is of the usual construction, and designed to en gage with the lower stud upon the steel B. At proper distances apart, and coincident with the studs upon the opposite steel, there are rigidly secured to the steel A the open hooks c, which are also designed to engage with the coincident studs upon the opposite steel. The holes in the hook-plates should he smaller than the heads of the fastening-studs a.

per studs topass out through the narrow channel leading into the central opening.

I am aware that itis not new to providecorset-steels with a series of hooks all opening in one direction, and therefore I do not broadly claim such invention, my device being advantageous in the use with such hooks of a fastening device for preventing them from becoming detached from their pins, except when desired.

What I claim is- In a corset-fastening, the steels A B, provided atone end with an ordinary stud, a, and loop b, in combination with additional fastenings, consisting of studs a` on one steel land rigid hook-plates c on the other steel, each of said hook-plates having an opening` smaller than the head of the stud a, and all having slots leading directly' from the larger openings, and in a vertical line, substantially as and for the purpose speciled.

GEO. H. COLLEY.

Witnesses:

W. J. REYNOLDS, Y L. G. CHANDLER. 

